Referee Rob Jones Missed Yellow Cards in Premier League Games

Apr 24, 2026, 13:42

Introduction

The Premier League has a group that looks at important moments in games. This group says referee Rob Jones did not give second yellow cards in some games.

Main Body

There were 12 times this season when a player should have got a second yellow card. Rob Jones was the referee for five of those times. Two times, Manchester City players should have left the game. Ruben Dias played against Nottingham Forest. Rodri played against Tottenham. City won one game and drew the other. In a game between Tottenham and Sunderland, a Sunderland player pushed two Tottenham players. He already had a yellow card. The panel said Jones made a mistake. The player hurt two Tottenham players. Tottenham lost that game. Jones missed four other second yellow cards. The other seven missed cards were by other referees.

Conclusion

The panel found that Rob Jones missed many second yellow cards. This changed the results for Manchester City and Tottenham. But the games'' scores stay the same.

Vocabulary Learning

game
a sports match or competition比賽
Example:The Premier League has many games every season.
miss
to not see or not do something you should do錯過；遺漏
Example:The referee missed giving a yellow card.
player
a person who plays a sport球員
Example:The player should have left the game.
team
a group of people who play together in a sport隊伍
Example:Manchester City won the game against Nottingham Forest.
time
a moment or occasion when something happens次數；時候
Example:There were 12 times when a player should have got a card.

Sentence Learning

The Premier League has a group that looks at important moments in games.
Simple present tense 'has', relative clause 'that looks'簡單現在式 'has'，關係從句 'that looks'
This group says referee Rob Jones did not give second yellow cards in some games.
Simple present tense 'says', past tense 'did not give'簡單現在式 'says'，過去式 'did not give'
There were 12 times this season when a player should have got a second yellow card.
Past tense 'there were', 'when' clause, modal perfect 'should have got'過去式 'there were'，'when' 從句，情態動詞完成式 'should have got'
Rob Jones was the referee for five of those times.
Simple past tense 'was', preposition 'for'簡單過去式 'was'，介詞 'for'
Two times, Manchester City players should have left the game.
Adverb 'two times', modal perfect 'should have left'副詞 'two times'，情態動詞完成式 'should have left'